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Why Young Men are Giving Up on Marriage
Catholic Lane ^ | January 17, 2013 | Hilary White

Posted on 01/18/2013 2:05:46 PM PST by NYer

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To: NYer

Go for FOBs (Fresh Off Boat), old-school wives appreciative of a providing husband. So many of today’s younger American women are not keepers.


81 posted on 01/18/2013 3:44:56 PM PST by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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To: longfellowsmuse

You, m’dear, are Brilliant!

Well said!


82 posted on 01/18/2013 3:47:48 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: NYer
You have touched on the crux of the problem - premarital sex.

How about postmarital sex with somebody you've never married; when both of you have been married previously?

Is that a problem in your 60's?

83 posted on 01/18/2013 3:49:54 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: goat granny

I can’t see being married again, myself.

Happy New Year to you, too! We’re expecting Anoreth and her fine dog to arrive any time now. I think she’s coming here to buy guns.


84 posted on 01/18/2013 3:53:28 PM PST by Tax-chick (Viva Cristo Rey! Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!)
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To: elkfersupper
How about postmarital sex with somebody you've never married; when both of you have been married previously? Is that a problem in your 60's?

STD

85 posted on 01/18/2013 3:56:36 PM PST by NYer ("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)
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To: Slings and Arrows

One of the young lady bluegrass performers did a song on that subject, “Crying All the Way to the Bank.” I think a man did one on the same theme.


86 posted on 01/18/2013 3:56:46 PM PST by Tax-chick (Viva Cristo Rey! Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!)
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To: NYer
STD

Not a problem, but I wouldn't care if it was. With my family history, I'll be lucky to be alive in 5 years anyway.

87 posted on 01/18/2013 4:01:03 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: kearnyirish2

Yep. No fault divorce was a huge mistake. IIRC, the Communists said as much. Dissolve the American family. Remove God from the public square. Conquer America. It’s working.

God bless and keep you.


88 posted on 01/18/2013 4:06:20 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: kearnyirish2

Shame on you. You should have done something to help that poor dog.


89 posted on 01/18/2013 4:08:45 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: NYer

‘“Where have all the good (meaning marriageable) men gone?” is a question much talked about lately in the secular media, Venker says, but her answer, backed up by statistics, is not to the liking of mainstream commentators influenced by feminism.’

Bonnie Tyler with her song, “Holding Out For A Hero,” asked the same back in the ‘80s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVtaVrUAPK0
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where’s the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream
of what I need

And more recently Paula Cole asked the same with her song, “Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuHlFUN13_8
Oh you get me ready in your 56 chevy
Why don’t we go sit down in the shade
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandy lion sun scorching,
Like a glass of cold lemonade
I will do laundry if you pay all the bills

CHORUS:

Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone


90 posted on 01/18/2013 4:10:18 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: NYer

I fully agree with the study, American Women are so screwed up, they No Longer believe in being Women, They believe there is no consequences for Sex, They are ALL TOO EASY to bed down, unfortunately for them by the time they get to be my age (50’s) when they start to realize they threw their life away it is too late and most Men don’t want anything to do with them. I married a Women 15 years younger than me that grew up and lived in Austria til she was in her late twenties, she never had her Mind corrupted by Hollywood and the Feminist Movement. Before I Married her 9 years ago, as a 43 yr old man then, the vast majority of women my Age Would and still will drop their pants on Hello, in the hopes of landing a Man to take care of her. Feminism has Destroyed Womens Lives, Hopes, Dreams and Futures as far as I am concerned.


91 posted on 01/18/2013 4:13:22 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: Arm_Bears
"Could the fact that feminism has made a large percentage of US women insufferable witches have anything to do with it?"

could it be the fact that a large percentage of US men need to take viagra to get it up, have lower sperm counts, and lower fertility rates than past generations?.....

that their idea of a good time is to sit infront of a computer having intimate sexual relations with a complete stranger?.....

92 posted on 01/18/2013 4:14:47 PM PST by cherry
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To: Fred911

“Women have become the men they want to marry.”

That’s why men are looking overseas in increasing numbers for women who would rather be women, not womyn.


93 posted on 01/18/2013 4:15:31 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: drbuzzard
really, do us all a favor and don't get married ever again...go milk your cow and enjoy yourself.....

and we wonder why this society is so base and immoral....

94 posted on 01/18/2013 4:16:24 PM PST by cherry
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To: AC86UT89; clamper1797; ilgipper; mlizzy; drbuzzard; Diana in Wisconsin; kearnyirish2; NYer; onyx
"Marriage has become too much of a financial and emotional risk for most men."

And ditto for some women - who lost to a shiftless husband.

Throughout this thread there's much talk of the "feminist movement" and how that has effected men. I have to agree that surely has not helped women attract men - certainly not me.

There's another theme throughout this thread that has done more damage than feminism - lack of traditional values. Being irreligious. In a word, Godlessness.

But unseen on this thread is another common complaint I've heard from many men - too little or no 'sex.'

I've been married most of my adult life - and most of that to a woman that would not keep the house clean, and she didn't work elsewhere either. I tolerated that for years, but the marriage ended when she left the marital bed for more than a year.

At age 70 I've remarried to a cute little gal of 75 that loves to make love. I marvel at the difference - and wonder if other men - and likely a lot of women too, have suffered from too little love making - and too little other constant manifestations of love from their spouse.

Divorce is rougher on men financially (usually) than it is on women. I lost - big. But, emotionally divorce hits women harder (strictly from what I have seen) - and it surely badly hurts young children, and instills in them a fear of marriage to some degree.

Bottom line - a good marriage takes hard work, and a belief that keeping that marriage alive and well takes total commitment to a loving relationship.

95 posted on 01/18/2013 4:19:00 PM PST by Ron C.
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To: cherry

You are absolutely correct. I’m a 55 year old female. Most of my friends are in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. The ones that are not married are perfectly happy to be single. They don’t feel the need to have a man, they can take care of themselves. Some of the men of FR are a perfect example of why.

I have never seen so much blaming of women for their own failures. If something was to happen to my marriage I would never remarry. My eyes have been opened by what I have read right here on this forum.

Maybe if there were more real men there’d be more real women.


96 posted on 01/18/2013 4:23:54 PM PST by beandog (All Aboard the Choo Choo Train to Crazy Town)
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To: jsanders2001
"Current moral state of females in today’s society makes many of them undesirable"

and what state is the morality of men?.....go read about the Steubenville football team and get back to me....

actually, the male/female relationships are going the way of animals....

in the animal world only a select few macho animals (alpha males) get to mate with the female of the species.....

maybe its going to be that way....the wimpy, cry baby males are going to be left playing with themselves and the few strong bodies, strong willed men are going to father all the children....

I keep waiting for real men to emerge in America, and sadly, even down to he marriage aspect, all I see are little boys....whiny little boys who blame everyone else except themselves for their plight....

97 posted on 01/18/2013 4:24:19 PM PST by cherry
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To: NYer

I’m 54 years old and I’m on Plan C.

Plan A: High School sweethearts. Marry when ready. Raise 2.5 kids. Live happily ever after.

Plan B: (after Plan A fails miserably). Meet someone in your 30s, possibly with kids of their own. Fall in love. Marry. Raise 1 or 2 kids. Live happily ever after.

Plan C: (after Plans A & B crap out) “Everybody else can starve. Me and my dog never will.”

Personally I never dabbled in Plans A or B. I went directly to Plan C after witnessing the aftermath of Plans A and B on some of my friends.


98 posted on 01/18/2013 4:26:53 PM PST by SkiKnee
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To: kearnyirish2

Title IX and allowing women to vote are great examples!


99 posted on 01/18/2013 4:27:30 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: NYer

And what is out there now?
Either her brain is filled with misandrist crap from the so called education establishment, or “I just want to party party party and get drunk drunk drunk” (sounds like typical lyrics of a typical pop start “artist” who sings through a computer). And the latter is looking for Mister Sleaze.


100 posted on 01/18/2013 4:31:04 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is the operational wing of CPUSA.)
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